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}}In [[Reality Z-25 31-H]], [[New York City]] bon viveur '''Armstrong Fatbuckle''' was dubbed '''the Worst Man in the World''' for his rude, superior, offensive disposition. Following his death in a car accident, he proved too infuriating for even [[the Devil#In Reality Z-25 31-H|the Devil]] to deal with and he was banished back from [[Hell#In Reality Z-25 31-H|Hell]] to the land of the living in the form of a talking, walking skeleton some nicknamed “'''Boney'''”. The resurrected Armstrong continued to enjoy a life of wild partying and, indeed, ended up mellowing down to an extent and joining [[the Odds]]. | }}In [[Reality Z-25 31-H]], [[New York City]] bon viveur '''Armstrong Fatbuckle''' was dubbed '''the Worst Man in the World''' for his rude, superior, offensive disposition. Following his death in a car accident, he proved too infuriating for even [[the Devil#In Reality Z-25 31-H|the Devil]] to deal with and he was banished back from [[Hell#In Reality Z-25 31-H|Hell]] to the land of the living in the form of a talking, walking skeleton some nicknamed “'''Boney'''”. The resurrected Armstrong continued to enjoy a life of wild partying and, indeed, ended up mellowing down to an extent and joining [[the Odds]]. | ||
== Description == | == Description == | ||
=== Physical appearances === | === Physical appearances === | ||
At the time of his death, Armstrong Fatbuckle was an ordinary-looking middle-aged Anglo-Saxon, slightly portly without being truly fat. He had short, fair hair and light-coloured eyes. After his resurrection, he appeared as a clean white skeleton, whose skull's facial features were capable of contorting to form lifelike expressions. He decided to forego wearing any clothes, no longer possessing any attributes which modesty might require him to conceal. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hell Is Too Good For Him (comic story)|Hell Is Too Good For Him]]'') | At the time of his death, Armstrong Fatbuckle was an ordinary-looking middle-aged Anglo-Saxon, slightly portly without being truly fat. He had short, fair hair and light-coloured eyes. After his resurrection, he appeared as a clean white skeleton, whose skull's facial features were capable of contorting to form lifelike expressions. He decided to forego wearing any clothes, no longer possessing any attributes which modesty might require him to conceal. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hell Is Too Good For Him (comic story)|Hell Is Too Good For Him]]'') | ||
=== Personality === | === Personality === | ||
In life, Armstrong Fatbuckle was rude and superior to everyone he met, not only spending his life attending expensive and decadent parties, but also doing his level best to ruin them for everyone else, a mocking, drunken smirk on his face. It was only after being resurrected as a skeleton that Fatbuckle mellowed down somewhat, remaining a ''bon viveur'' but becooming a positive presence for those around him, such as loose women of [[New York City]], to whom he became a kind of protector. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hell Is Too Good For Him (comic story)|Hell Is Too Good For Him]]'') He had a folksy cunning, able to trick villains into their doom. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Redistribution (comic story)|Redistribution]]'') | In life, Armstrong Fatbuckle was rude and superior to everyone he met, not only spending his life attending expensive and decadent parties, but also doing his level best to ruin them for everyone else, a mocking, drunken smirk on his face. It was only after being resurrected as a skeleton that Fatbuckle mellowed down somewhat, remaining a ''bon viveur'' but becooming a positive presence for those around him, such as loose women of [[New York City]], to whom he became a kind of protector. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hell Is Too Good For Him (comic story)|Hell Is Too Good For Him]]'') He had a folksy cunning, able to trick villains into their doom. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Redistribution (comic story)|Redistribution]]'') | ||
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=== Powers & abilities === | === Powers & abilities === | ||
Following his resurrection as a living skeleton, Fatbuckle displayed the ability to continue controlling limbs even after they were separated from the rest of his body. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Enter–the Legion of Light! (comic story)|Enter–the Legion of Light!]]'') He also did not seem overly inconvenienced if a weapon pierced through one of his bones, so long as it did not prevent him from moving. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Battle of Britain (comic story)|Battle of Britain]]'') This gave him a certain edge in a physical fight, although he had no special strength or skill as a fistfighter otherwise. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Enter–the Legion of Light! (comic story)|Enter–the Legion of Light!]]'') During [[the Odds]]' battle with [[Insecto]]'s guards, Armstrong stole an [[Insect Person]]'s spear, though it's unclear how well he could wield it. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Battle of Britain (comic story)|Battle of Britain]]'') | Following his resurrection as a living skeleton, Fatbuckle displayed the ability to continue controlling limbs even after they were separated from the rest of his body. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Enter–the Legion of Light! (comic story)|Enter–the Legion of Light!]]'') He also did not seem overly inconvenienced if a weapon pierced through one of his bones, so long as it did not prevent him from moving. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Battle of Britain (comic story)|Battle of Britain]]'') This gave him a certain edge in a physical fight, although he had no special strength or skill as a fistfighter otherwise. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Enter–the Legion of Light! (comic story)|Enter–the Legion of Light!]]'') During [[the Odds]]' battle with [[Insecto]]'s guards, Armstrong stole an [[Insect Person]]'s spear, though it's unclear how well he could wield it. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Battle of Britain (comic story)|Battle of Britain]]'') | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
=== Life and death === | === Life and death === | ||
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[[File:Armstrong Fatbuckle and the Blue Knight in Encore.png|thumb|right|Armstrong comforts [[the Blue Knight]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Encore (comic story)|Encore]]'')]]The Odds decided to extend their vacation in England a little while after foiling Insecto's plans proved anticlimactic. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Battle of Britain (comic story)|Battle of Britain]]'') They tracked a magical signature [[Merv the Griffin]] had perceived, and unearthed [[the Blue Knight]], an immortal Arthurian knight, from underneath a monolith. After the Knight discovered to his shock that his body had wasted away to nothing, and he was an incorporeal spirit in hollow armour, the also-undead Armstrong helped him deal with the initial shock. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Encore (comic story)|Encore]]'') | [[File:Armstrong Fatbuckle and the Blue Knight in Encore.png|thumb|right|Armstrong comforts [[the Blue Knight]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Encore (comic story)|Encore]]'')]]The Odds decided to extend their vacation in England a little while after foiling Insecto's plans proved anticlimactic. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Battle of Britain (comic story)|Battle of Britain]]'') They tracked a magical signature [[Merv the Griffin]] had perceived, and unearthed [[the Blue Knight]], an immortal Arthurian knight, from underneath a monolith. After the Knight discovered to his shock that his body had wasted away to nothing, and he was an incorporeal spirit in hollow armour, the also-undead Armstrong helped him deal with the initial shock. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Encore (comic story)|Encore]]'') | ||
==== Return to New York ==== | |||
[[File:Armstrong and Madison in Meanwhile, On Earth.png|thumb|Armstrong with [[Professor Madison]] at [[Captain Evening#In Reality Z-25 31-H|Captain Evening]]'s party. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Meanwhile, On Earth (comic story)|Meanwhile, On Earth]]'')]][[Jenny Nowhere#In Reality Z-25 21-H|Jenny]], announcing that she had recovered her powers completely, [[shift]]ed the entire [[The Odds|Odds]] team, now including [[the Blue Knight]], back to the [[Fortress of Evening]] in an instant, with them appearing in [[Professor Madison]] and [[Rodney Rabbit]]'s bedroom. Madison began running tests on the Blue Knight while the other heroes freshened up in the Fortress's shower room. They soon had to leap back into action as Rodney informed them, based on what he was seeing on live television, that the ceremony where [[Captain Perfect]] was to be given the Keys to the City by [[Mayor Wilson]] was under attack by a giant robot called “[[Ultimatron]]”. The Odds rushed to the scene, but only succeeded in distracting Perfect, who was knocked out by the robot. They tried to defeat Ultimatron, but had little luck, with [[Centennia]] soon arriving and dispatching it herself. | |||
After it transpired that the entire attack had been staged by Captain Perfect as a publicity stunt, he was punched into the distance by Centennia. Impressed, Captain Evening asked Centennia if she would consider joining “the Odds”, and she seemed to agree. To celebrate their victory and Centennia's joining, Captain Evening organised a party at the Fortress, inviting “all his hero friends” — including the Odds, the [[Terrific Two]], [[Glow Girl]], [[Mysto the Space-Wizard]], [[the Big Bad Wolf#In Reality Z-25 31-H|the Big Bad Wolf]], [[Red Riding Hood#In Reality Z-25 31-H|Red Riding Hood]] and [[Terry Tornado]]. Armstrong decided to sunbathe on a deckchair on the roof, incongruously wondering partway through if he had “put enough lotion on”. Later, he clinked glasses with Professor Madison as the assembled heroes watched the sunset from the Fortress's balcony. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Meanwhile, On Earth (comic story)|Meanwhile, On Earth]]'') | |||
=== Fighting the Cosmic Solution === | === Fighting the Cosmic Solution === | ||